a little about

Based in London since 1994, art critic Gilda Williams was a longtime London contributor to Artforum (2005-23) and taught art writing as Senior Lecturer on the MFA Curating, Goldsmiths College (2009-23). She has taught at the frieze academy; Sotheby’s Institute of Art; the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University; and the Guardian’s Masterclass series. In 2020 she was an Evaluator for the Arts Writers Grant Programme of the The Andy Warhol Foundation | Creative Capital, New York.

Her How to Write About Contemporary Art (Thames&Hudson, 2014), translated into seven languages, has been described as ‘the little red book everyone in the art world should have’ (Art Monthly). She has written for The Guardian, Time Out, frieze, Sight and Sound, Art in America, Parkett, Tate etc., Burlington, and many more.

Dr. Williams is co-author of The Art Book for Children (Phaidon, 2005; revised 2024) which is translated into twelve languages. Awarded an English Association prize for Best Non-Fiction Children’s Book in 2006, the revised edition was described in The Times as ‘a stroke of brilliance’ (May 2024).

Since 2023 Williams’ main activity is a textile-based studio practice.

contact: gilda [at] gildawilliams.com

See also Author’s Page, MIT Press; Author’s Page, Thames & Hudson; Author’s Page amazon.co.uk; Contributor’s Page, Artforum, AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Page,  #gildawilliams, #howtowriteaboutcontemporaryart, Tags, frieze.

above, Gilda Williams from the series The Blind Man, Gabriele DiMatteo, 1997

below, Venice Biennale, 1993. Gilda Williams working with (l. to r.) Francesco Bonami, Nicolas Bourriaud, and James Lee Byars (1932-1997). Photos: Mario Gorni. (Thanks for digging these up Mario!)